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Brendan Foody: How Mercor hit $500M run rate in 16 months

Lawyers, bankers, and engineers design rubrics and RL environments for top AI labs; the work pays up to $500 an hour as an entirely new job category.

Brendan FoodyguestLenny Rachitskyhost
Sep 18, 20251h 7mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 5:38

    Introduction to Brendan Foody and Mercor

  2. 5:38 – 9:26

    The “era of evals”

  3. 9:26 – 17:10

    Understanding the AI training landscape

  4. 17:10 – 25:54

    The future of work and AI

  5. 25:54 – 29:55

    The evolution of labor markets

  6. 29:55 – 38:58

    Understanding how AI models are trained

  7. 38:58 – 53:27

    Building Mercor

  8. 53:27 – 56:55

    Lessons from past ventures

  9. 56:55 – 1:00:41

    The future of AI and model improvement

  10. 1:00:41 – 1:07:07

    His personal use of AI and final thoughts

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